Are Kerosene and Petrol Pure or Impure?

Question

Petrol, kerosene, spirit — which are generally used in machines as fuel; white oil, which is refined kerosene that has no smell; and refined, odourless spirit, which is used in perfumes and hair oils — are they pure or impure? And what about using perfumes that contain white oil and spirit? Please inform us of the ruling of the Shari‘a.

Answer

Kerosene is pure; after its bad smell has been removed, burning it anywhere and putting it to other uses (as long as it is not harmful) is valid (permissible). As for spirit, petrol and white oil — if they too, like kerosene, come out of the earth from springs, then they too are pure and their use is permissible; but if they are made from forbidden wine and the bad smell is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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